ABSTRACT
Writing can lead to all sorts of opportunities as a general practitioner (GP). You might have an academic leaning and use writing to disseminate the results of your research studies across the UK and beyond, leading to you presenting your work at conferences, or fur thering your career as a researcher. You may find that you are regarded as a leading light in a special interest area having written in free-to-GP publications. You could come to be regarded as a cham pion of GPs if you use the GP weekly newspapers to air your views and move into medical journalism. You might write prose for your own satisfaction, or pen articles that are published for health service colleagues or patients to read. You could write information leaflets for patients or self-help materials — as paper or online resources. You might find that writing books gives you the greatest satisfaction, as 'how to books' for colleagues, erudite clinical texts or fiction for the general public.
